Education
She gained her Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Turku in 2002. Her dissertation was on gender and the popularization of the internet, which was later published through Peter Language.
She gained her Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Turku in 2002. Her dissertation was on gender and the popularization of the internet, which was later published through Peter Language.
She is currently the Professor of Media Studies at the University of Turku. Paasonen was appointed Professor of Media Studies at the University of Turku on 1 August 2011, and publishes on gender and the internet. The Finnish Academy of Science awarded her the Jutikkala Prize of €15,000 14 October 2011.
In the same year Paasonen published the book, Carnal Resonance: Affect and Online Pornography, through Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press.